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ENGROSSED SENATE AMENDMENT
TO
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1124 By: Phillips and Bell of the
House
and
Leewright of the Senate
An Act relating to rural broadband; requiring the
Oklahoma Department of Commerce promulgate rules and
procedures for establishment of the State Broadband
Deployment Grant Program; requiring development of
competitive grant program to award funding to expand
broadband access; requiring Department to look at
other state's best practices to facilitate framework
of Program; creating the State Broadband Deployment
Grant Program Revolving Fund; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
AUTHOR: Add the following Senate Coauthor: Bergstrom
AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 2, line 3, insert a new sentence after the
period (.) to read “The Oklahoma Department of
Commerce shall administer the Program.”
and amend the title to conform
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Passed the Senate the 21st day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1124 By: Phillips and Bell of the
House
and
Leewright of the Senate
An Act relating to rural broadband; requiring the
Oklahoma Department of Co mmerce promulgate rules and
procedures for establishment of the State Broadband
Deployment Grant Program; requiring development of
competitive grant program to award funding to expand
broadband access; requiring Department to look at
other state's best practices to facilitate framework
of Program; creating the State Broadband Deployment
Grant Program Revolving Fund; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 139.204 of Title 17, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce with the participation
and advice of the Rural Broadband Expansion Council shall promulgate
rules and procedures for the establishment of the State Broadband
Deployment Grant Program. The State Broadband Deployment Grant
Program shall include development of a competitive grant program t o
award funding to applicants seeking to expand access to broadband
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Internet service in this state. The Department and Council shall
look at best practices in other states to help facilitate the
framework of the Program.
B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the
"State Broadband Deployment Grant Program Fund ". The fund shall be
a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all monies des ignated for deposit to said fund. All
monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated
and may be budgeted and shall be expended by the Department for the
purpose of awarding grants by and through the Rural Broadband
Expansion Council, p ursuant to subsection A of this section, to
applicants seeking to expand access to broadband Internet service in
this state.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
Passed the House of Representatives the 9th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
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